#5FB9BB#5FB9BB

#5FB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.086 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9BB
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -26.29, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 27.89, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0823 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.086 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0343, 40.7159, 53.2276)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9BB #BB615F

analogous

#5FBB8F #5FB9BB #5F8BBB

triadic

#5FB9BB #BB5FB9 #B9BB5F

tetradic

#5FB9BB #8F5FBB #BB615F #8BBB5F

square

#5FB9BB #8F5FBB #BB615F #8BBB5F

split-complementary

#5FB9BB #BB5F8B #BB8F5F

monochromatic

#306F70 #42999B #5FB9BB #8ACCCD #B5DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5FB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5FB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9BB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9BB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.086 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cecf',
    500: '#5fb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9bb;
$custom-light: #94cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9BB

secondary

#CEA9A8

accent

#5A58D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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